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from david brooks, mr. romney your entitlement reform ideas are essential but when will the incompetence stop? we don't know, david brooks, but one thing remains certain, this avalanche of errors has made the upcoming presidential edebates which begin two weeks from today not nearly crucial but critical. romney must deliver a super human performance to not only reverse the downward spiral of his campaign but cat ta put him to where he might win an election that is seven weeks away. we hope rob portman is one heck of a sparring partner. john heilemann, your colleague in "new york" magazine said mitt romney has revealed himself to be the smearing pluto crat everyone thought he would be. has he and can he reverse that impression in the course of the next few weeks? >> i don't know if everybody thought he would be. certainly there's a negative stereotype of governor romney. it's been an open question. is he a sneering police toe crat, is he not, who is mitt romney? he's done a lot of things to create the stereo
from david brooks, mr. romney your entitlement reform ideas are essential but when will the incompetence stop? we don't know, david brooks, but one thing remains certain, this avalanche of errors has made the upcoming presidential edebates which begin two weeks from today not nearly crucial but critical. romney must deliver a super human performance to not only reverse the downward spiral of his campaign but cat ta put him to where he might win an election that is seven weeks away. we hope rob...
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. >> and david brooks thinks he knows a moderate republican when he sees one. and that mitt romney is faking it when he tries to sell right wing extremism. >> mitt romney does not have the passion for the stuff he's talking about. he's a problem sofr. i think he's a nonideological person. and he's faking it. >> rush limbaugh who pretty much hates everything that david brooks has to say, reacted this way to david brooks on his radio show today. >> ideological age that romney can't do it? isn't that why you told us he would be the best nominee? am i wrong -- am i missing something here? isn't that why brooks and others told us we had to nominate romney precisely because he wasn't ideological and that would be necessary to get the independence. if romney would go ideological in explaining obama, it would help. >> a new political national poll of likely voters shows president obama leading mitt romney by 3 points. tonight nate silver fraufts that on november 6th president obama will within 309 votes. today paul ryan picked off the romney campaign's three day pus to
. >> and david brooks thinks he knows a moderate republican when he sees one. and that mitt romney is faking it when he tries to sell right wing extremism. >> mitt romney does not have the passion for the stuff he's talking about. he's a problem sofr. i think he's a nonideological person. and he's faking it. >> rush limbaugh who pretty much hates everything that david brooks has to say, reacted this way to david brooks on his radio show today. >> ideological age that...
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david brooks as well and others pointing out that he just doesn't have the facts right, chris cizilla, as to who pays taxes. >> talking about federal income taxes, 46.4% of people but that exempts lots of people. there are people who pay property tax, but don't pay income tax, older folks. it's not -- it's a talking point that has been kicking around conservative circles for some time. this is not new. it is not, in fact, born out by the facts. what mitt romney is doing here is something we've seen mitt romney do before. it's what all politicians do to an extent, what he does more than others, he tends to say what he thinks his audience wants to hear. who is he talking here? $50,000 person fund-raiser, wealthy people buy and large and this sense that the wealthy are the ones paying the freight for nerve this country. unfortunately, when things like this come out, the white house did the smart thing which is to say the president believes he should be the president for the whole country, reinforces everything that people think negatively already about mitt romney and that's why -- >> th
david brooks as well and others pointing out that he just doesn't have the facts right, chris cizilla, as to who pays taxes. >> talking about federal income taxes, 46.4% of people but that exempts lots of people. there are people who pay property tax, but don't pay income tax, older folks. it's not -- it's a talking point that has been kicking around conservative circles for some time. this is not new. it is not, in fact, born out by the facts. what mitt romney is doing here is something...
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>> david brooks is entitled to his opinion. but the truth is that governor romney has the passion to run the campaign and he has a chance to do it properly. his tax plan, providing skills that america needs to succeed. deficit reduction and making a fair, level and safe playing field. that's a plan that will as opposed to the -- >> you talked about mitt romney's passion. you talked about mitt romney's passion. and there are folks who said the same thing. but the fact of the matter is you don't see it i think what david brooks was getting at. part of the reason we don't see it and hear it is the fire is not in the belly. basically if he was a true believer. there would be no question about his passion. >> well, i've seen him out on the stump, he's very passionate and very fiery when he speaks. >> what stump have you seen him on? >> i've seen him speak on many occasions. most recently in little rock. i can assure you he's got the fire in the belly or he wouldn't be putting himself and his family through this. this is a very, very
>> david brooks is entitled to his opinion. but the truth is that governor romney has the passion to run the campaign and he has a chance to do it properly. his tax plan, providing skills that america needs to succeed. deficit reduction and making a fair, level and safe playing field. that's a plan that will as opposed to the -- >> you talked about mitt romney's passion. you talked about mitt romney's passion. and there are folks who said the same thing. but the fact of the matter...
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>> i'm sorry, i've got to cut this off. >> david brooks -- >> which side are you on? you are taking this country -- >> the "wall street journal" editorial page. laura ingram, rush limbaugh,ky go on and on -- >> if you want to blame the media for mitt romney's inept campaign, peggy noonan said it best this is a nightmare of a campaign. and the most troubling thing is it's not that a lot of us republicans don't think he can win, we do believe he can win. but when he says he has no need to turn this campaign around after a disastrous week, where you see ohio slipping away, wisconsin slipping away? iowa slipping away, michigan slipping away? that's a political concern. not an ideological concern, that's a political concern. >> let me step back for a second. david brooks you're looking at the substantive debate taking place here about the records of two candidates, biographies of two candidates, but also where we are politically in the state of this campaign. if we pull back, how do you diagnose where he goes next? where he tries to go next? >> he has to look at what the p
>> i'm sorry, i've got to cut this off. >> david brooks -- >> which side are you on? you are taking this country -- >> the "wall street journal" editorial page. laura ingram, rush limbaugh,ky go on and on -- >> if you want to blame the media for mitt romney's inept campaign, peggy noonan said it best this is a nightmare of a campaign. and the most troubling thing is it's not that a lot of us republicans don't think he can win, we do believe he can win....
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i think david brooks, conservative columnist for "the new york times" said it best. he said as a description of americans today, romney's comment is a country club fantasy. it's what self-satisfied millionaires say to each other. it reinforcing every negative view people have about romney. there's two parts to the statement. there's the country club fantasy part. i want to look at the numbers here, this claim 47% of people don't pay income taxes, which strictly speaking is true. you look at who those 47% are. 61% of them are workers. they have jobs and there's paying payroll taxes so not shiftless moochers, 22% are seniors and 17% are too poor and who benefitted from the earned income tax credit that incentivized work. they can't make the threshold to pay the income tax. that's who we're talking about in the 47%. you have 7,000 millionaires who pay zero income taxes, so if you're looking for the moochers in that pie chart, i would point to those individuals. the second part of david brooks' point is it reinforces every negative view they have about romney. i think it
i think david brooks, conservative columnist for "the new york times" said it best. he said as a description of americans today, romney's comment is a country club fantasy. it's what self-satisfied millionaires say to each other. it reinforcing every negative view people have about romney. there's two parts to the statement. there's the country club fantasy part. i want to look at the numbers here, this claim 47% of people don't pay income taxes, which strictly speaking is true. you...
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david brooks goes on to say, while he likes mr. romney, he quote, says stupid things because he's pretending to be something he's not. and he ends it all, he ends the column by asking, when will the incompetence stop? when you get even more conservative than david brooks, the comments get even more devastating. here's a taste. this is referenced earlier this hour by dan rather. this is bill crystal from "the weekly standard." the headline is, a note on romney's arrogant and stupid remarks. he goes on to half jokingly suggest that mitt romney quit the race that he drop off the ticket so he can, quote, get the ryan/rubio ticket we deserve. this is what it looks like for the wheels to come off. but wheels have come off in other campaigns too. sometimes after the wheels come off, the campaign crashes because there's no wheels, but then the candidate and campaign scramble around in the underbrush and find the wheels and bolt them back on and sometimes even win that race. do you remember how john mccain won the presidential nomination? d
david brooks goes on to say, while he likes mr. romney, he quote, says stupid things because he's pretending to be something he's not. and he ends it all, he ends the column by asking, when will the incompetence stop? when you get even more conservative than david brooks, the comments get even more devastating. here's a taste. this is referenced earlier this hour by dan rather. this is bill crystal from "the weekly standard." the headline is, a note on romney's arrogant and stupid...
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david brooks, conservative columnists. it suggestings that he really doesn't know much about the country he inhabits. as a description of america today, romney's comment is a country club fantasy. it's what self-satisfied millionaires say to each other. it reinforces every negative view of people have about romney. he's running a depressingly inept presidential campaign. this is his friends. conservative columnist bill crystal at "the weekly standard" had harsh words. he says, quote, it's worth recalling that a good chunk of the 47% who don't pay income taxes are romney supporters. so romney seems to have contempt not just for democrats who oppose him, but for tens of millions who intend to vote for him. romney's comments are stupid and arrogant. these are two conservatives. >> exactly. with friends like these, who needs the opposition. but the reality is, republican establishment folks have always been a little bit nervous about mitt romney because everybody knew he had these problems going in. he wound up as the nominee,
david brooks, conservative columnists. it suggestings that he really doesn't know much about the country he inhabits. as a description of america today, romney's comment is a country club fantasy. it's what self-satisfied millionaires say to each other. it reinforces every negative view of people have about romney. he's running a depressingly inept presidential campaign. this is his friends. conservative columnist bill crystal at "the weekly standard" had harsh words. he says, quote,...
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this morning, "the new york times'" david brooks has a brutal a, brutal critique of romney in the "new york times." "personally, i think he is -- he is a kind, decent man who says stupid things because he is pretending to be something he is not, some sort of cartoonish government heart, but it scarcely matters, he is running a depressingly inept presidential campaign. mr. romney, your entitle. reform ideas are essential but wlent incompetence stoop?" that is right, a guy the center right columnist from the "new york times" who yes, still sometimes is favorable to the president but seems to be -- seems to want to at least fall in like with the romney/ryan ticket and comments seem to be turning him off. one final point, canned dats publicly campaign as if they want on to be 65% president, what you do the first time you run for president, reagan in '80, clinton in '92, bush in 2000. they were all making the case that they were going to be that different president, that they were going to get 65% of the public on their side, even if they never were going to get 65% of the public to vote fo
this morning, "the new york times'" david brooks has a brutal a, brutal critique of romney in the "new york times." "personally, i think he is -- he is a kind, decent man who says stupid things because he is pretending to be something he is not, some sort of cartoonish government heart, but it scarcely matters, he is running a depressingly inept presidential campaign. mr. romney, your entitle. reform ideas are essential but wlent incompetence stoop?" that is right,...
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columnist david brooks asked the same question and wonders is it the iraq war veteran who goes to the va? is it the student getting a loan to go to college? is it the retiree on social security or medicare? and these charts from the tax policy center show who that 47% is. these are the people that don't pay federal income tax. in 2011 46.4% of households paid no federal income tax so romney is correct there. let's zero in on what that group is. turns out nearly two-thirds of that 47% did pay federal payroll taxes. now, what about the people who paid neither federal income tax nor payroll tax? of that small group, 10% of elderly and 7% are nonelderly earning under $20,000 a year. the truth is when romney says 47% are nontax paying free loaders, he's wrong. and many of those he considers free loaders, specifically retirees and white working close voters, fit the romney voter profile. ezra cline is a policy analyst for msnbc. joe klein. just to break this out and to show that of the people who don't pay federal income tax, two-thirds do pay payroll tax and two-thirds of the other one-thi
columnist david brooks asked the same question and wonders is it the iraq war veteran who goes to the va? is it the student getting a loan to go to college? is it the retiree on social security or medicare? and these charts from the tax policy center show who that 47% is. these are the people that don't pay federal income tax. in 2011 46.4% of households paid no federal income tax so romney is correct there. let's zero in on what that group is. turns out nearly two-thirds of that 47% did pay...
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a satire column brooks wrote two years ago. i'd like to blame our mistake on david brooks for being not funny but actually the column was completely hilarious. it was a very dumb error on our part. romney has not revealed his opinions on abba. we at "the ed show" and me, ezra klein, are pro-abba. >>> the numbers don't add up for mitt romney. find out why mitt's tax plan is not mathematically possible. stay tuned. idide? you're not my dad ahh!! hey honey, back feels better, little dancing tonight, you and me? dr. scholl's pro inserts relieve different types of lower body pain by treating at the source so you're a whole new you. go pro with dr. scholl's. i i had pain in my abdomen...g. it just wouldn't go away. i was spotting, but i had already gone through menopause. these symptoms may be nothing... but they could be early warning signs of a gynecologic cancer, such as cervical, ovarian, or uterine cancer. feeling bloated for no reason. that's what i remember. seeing my doctor probably saved my life. warning signs are not the sa
a satire column brooks wrote two years ago. i'd like to blame our mistake on david brooks for being not funny but actually the column was completely hilarious. it was a very dumb error on our part. romney has not revealed his opinions on abba. we at "the ed show" and me, ezra klein, are pro-abba. >>> the numbers don't add up for mitt romney. find out why mitt's tax plan is not mathematically possible. stay tuned. idide? you're not my dad ahh!! hey honey, back feels better,...
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night, and i think judging from the reaction that you've seen there, and i would add to that david brooks' column today in "the new york times," the reaction, the condemnation of it has been pretty swift and pretty harsh even from some republicans, although some are rallying around him. one way or another, because this wasn't a gaffe, because he went out and said, okay, i stated it inartfully, but i meant the fundamentals, it's going to be the topic of discussion that not just mitt romney, but i would suspect congressional candidates around the country are going to have to talk about now. >> let me bring up a little bit of the david brooks column. it reads in part, this morning from "the new york times," "as a description of america today, romney's comment is a country club fantasy. it's what self-satisfied millionaires say to each other. it reinforces every negative view people have about romney." shira, is this tape potentially going to alienate the middle that he needs to be courting right now? >> it is going to alienate the middle, but what i think is really notable about his comments
night, and i think judging from the reaction that you've seen there, and i would add to that david brooks' column today in "the new york times," the reaction, the condemnation of it has been pretty swift and pretty harsh even from some republicans, although some are rallying around him. one way or another, because this wasn't a gaffe, because he went out and said, okay, i stated it inartfully, but i meant the fundamentals, it's going to be the topic of discussion that not just mitt...
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joining me now to talk about it, in minneapolis, jennifer brooks of the "minnesota star tribune." jennif jennifer, good afternoon to you. >> hi. >> and congresswoman bachmann does not have trouble getting people to write cheshgs but there was an internal poll that notes that she has a pretty small lead that is well within the margin of error. why is bachmann facing such a strong challenge there in minnesota? >> well, certainly when the year began we never thought that we'd talk about michele bachmann having a competitive race. she was redistricted into a new seat at the beginning of the ye year, but the new sixth district is more conservative than the last one. but, there are a couple of factors that are working against bachmann right now. first of all, she does not even live in the sixth district. she is also coming off of a failed presidential campaign where she mostly ran touting the fact that she is really anti-obama which annoyed many people in minnesota, a nd she i running against an independent wealthy businessman jim graves who is making a serious try of convincing the con
joining me now to talk about it, in minneapolis, jennifer brooks of the "minnesota star tribune." jennif jennifer, good afternoon to you. >> hi. >> and congresswoman bachmann does not have trouble getting people to write cheshgs but there was an internal poll that notes that she has a pretty small lead that is well within the margin of error. why is bachmann facing such a strong challenge there in minnesota? >> well, certainly when the year began we never thought...
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david brooks writes in the "new york times" president obama seems driven by a fear of defeat. his proposals seem bite-sized. if obama can't tell us the big policy thing he wants to do, he doesn't deserve a second term. i think david brooks obviously has his point of view, but there are folks that are obama supporters that say just tell us what it's going to look like. >> i can tell you what it's going to look like. i happen to have been an obama supporter and the "daily news" endorsed him. i will point out something unique to this administration and that is they have absolutely displayed a hostile attitude to business and finance that really is pervasive now in the business community and i think that really affects the level of confidence and optimism that the business community feels. instead of uniting the country, i would say to you that it was a program of dividing the country for political reasons and i think that is something that really, really is pervasive in the business community. >> well, we will talk more about the relations between the white house and the business
david brooks writes in the "new york times" president obama seems driven by a fear of defeat. his proposals seem bite-sized. if obama can't tell us the big policy thing he wants to do, he doesn't deserve a second term. i think david brooks obviously has his point of view, but there are folks that are obama supporters that say just tell us what it's going to look like. >> i can tell you what it's going to look like. i happen to have been an obama supporter and the "daily...
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in new york times, david brooks, a really smart guy wrote, as a description of america today, romney's comments is a country club fantasy. it's what self-satisfied millionaires say to each other. it reinforces every negative view people have about romney. now, the headline of that column was "thurston howell romney" referring to the millionaire on "gilligan's island." just to remind you, here is the guy. >> the whole thing is so darn democratic. >> you understand the principle. you're a man of ethics. >> you sure know how to cut a man, don't you? all right. i officially place myself under hut arrest. >> thurston, you're a convict. oh! >> lovey, i have been framed. i'll appeal. i'll take it to the supreme court. i'll go even higher. the rules committee of the newport country club. >> thurston howell, i forgot him, but he's a caricature, but the words could have been spoken by him at that boca raton fund-raiser. 50k to get in the door and everybody talking like him in effect, the poor and the democracy being some sort of degrading experience to have to go through. >> you know, it sounded
in new york times, david brooks, a really smart guy wrote, as a description of america today, romney's comments is a country club fantasy. it's what self-satisfied millionaires say to each other. it reinforces every negative view people have about romney. now, the headline of that column was "thurston howell romney" referring to the millionaire on "gilligan's island." just to remind you, here is the guy. >> the whole thing is so darn democratic. >> you understand...
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. >> joanne, i'll start with what david brooks in "the new york times" wrote and i'll quote him here. "personally, i think he's a kind, decent man who says stupid things because he is pretending to be something he is not -- some sort of cartoonish government-hater. but it scarcely matters. he's running a depressingly inept presidential campaign. mr. romney, your entitlement reform ideas are essential, but when will the incompetence stop?" so, how big of a blow is this? we've also seen criticism coming from writers such as bill kristol. >> right, and i disagree with david brooks in this instant because i don't think this was a case of romney being phony. i think when he tries to do the birther stuff or identify with the tea party movement, you get a sense that he's being false. this was mitt romney among his pals, mitt romney among his peers, in a room full of wealthy donors where he actually was being more comfortable than you normally see him and speaking candidly, saying what he really thinks. and the problem with that is it's not what sean spicer was just saying in the previous seg
. >> joanne, i'll start with what david brooks in "the new york times" wrote and i'll quote him here. "personally, i think he's a kind, decent man who says stupid things because he is pretending to be something he is not -- some sort of cartoonish government-hater. but it scarcely matters. he's running a depressingly inept presidential campaign. mr. romney, your entitlement reform ideas are essential, but when will the incompetence stop?" so, how big of a blow is this?...
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. >> ann, you have "new york times" david brooks wrote this column, thurston howell romney. he wrote the people that receive a disproportionate share of money, they are white men with high school degrees. basically pointing out to what michael said. a lot of people that may not believe they're in this category that mitt romney referred to during this off-camera moment. joe scarborough said something this morning. we know where he stands and he's a conservative. he talked about the waiters in the video. those are the very people perhaps that fall into this description of governor romney if he was elected president, he would be president of all people. it sounds as if he's playing to a certain group, and that night that group paid $50,000 a plate to have that amen moment with the republican nominee. >> it's interesting because david brooks said this is what millionaires tell each other. i wasn't aware of that until i read the column. it's hard to say if governor romney was pandering to the group and he was repeating or saying something he believes. con flating the popularity o
. >> ann, you have "new york times" david brooks wrote this column, thurston howell romney. he wrote the people that receive a disproportionate share of money, they are white men with high school degrees. basically pointing out to what michael said. a lot of people that may not believe they're in this category that mitt romney referred to during this off-camera moment. joe scarborough said something this morning. we know where he stands and he's a conservative. he talked about...
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bill chris toll writes the remarks arrogant and stupid and david brooks says it's a country club fantasy. a romney campaign bund her tells politico people are frustrated and feel we have an opportunity to win this cycle and we're just imploding. a senior republican is quoted saying nobody wants to be there yet, but you do have to have a plan b. and republican senator scott brown said that's not the way i view the world, as someone who grew up in tough circumstances i know that being on public assistance is not a spot anyone wants to be in. a day before the republican national convention in tampa former governor charlie crist penned an op-ed explaining why he no longer fit within the current republican party writing -- joining us now from tampa is former florida governor charlie crist. governor, great to have you on the program as always. >> hello. great to be with you. thank you. >> i guess i ask you as someone who left the gop, how much do you identify with the conservatives who are looking at mitt romney and saying, something ain't right, and do you think this is the beginning of a sor
bill chris toll writes the remarks arrogant and stupid and david brooks says it's a country club fantasy. a romney campaign bund her tells politico people are frustrated and feel we have an opportunity to win this cycle and we're just imploding. a senior republican is quoted saying nobody wants to be there yet, but you do have to have a plan b. and republican senator scott brown said that's not the way i view the world, as someone who grew up in tough circumstances i know that being on public...
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edward brook was overwhelmingly re-elected, huge margin. what he did was he renounced lyndon johnson. he said, i am not a part of this national party. i am a republican. i'm going to fight to make the republican party something different. >> not barry goldwater. >> apologize. the critical thing to understand here is scott brown won't do that. if he does not do that, he will lose this race and he will lose this race because of his association with the national party. >> and the reason he won't do that is because the regional breakdowns in party discipline in the 1960s were very different than the regional breakdowns in the party discipline 2012 which is why the argument -- look, if i met a conservative from alabama, okay, and -- >> not to engage in geographic stereotyping. >> no. i'm saying it's an analogy. liberal from massachusetts. if i met a conservative in a state that's wildly red and they had a charismatic senator, i would say rationally, they will vote for the democrats. you're voting for mitch mcconnell or harry reed. edward brook,
edward brook was overwhelmingly re-elected, huge margin. what he did was he renounced lyndon johnson. he said, i am not a part of this national party. i am a republican. i'm going to fight to make the republican party something different. >> not barry goldwater. >> apologize. the critical thing to understand here is scott brown won't do that. if he does not do that, he will lose this race and he will lose this race because of his association with the national party. >> and the...
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and i think that's what david brooks' point is. is that you don't sap motivation from them because you help them, you try to give them opportunity and sometimes through the tax code to get them motivated. and so, you know, this is just a really unfortunate and somewhat revealing -- not somewhat, very revealing comment from romney that sticks with him for a couple of weeks now. >> well, look, there's no question that we're now -- this is what we're now going to be talking about, you know. again, we've made this point so many times as they step on themselves over and over again. they have a message they want to drive, they keep making news that does not help them drive their message. this is going to be the story for the rest of the week, it's 50 days from the election, and now we're going to spend this week talking about this and not talking about the economy and not talking about mitt romney's failed economic management according to the romney campaign. it's just kind of a disaster -- >> can i just add the polling data based on pri
and i think that's what david brooks' point is. is that you don't sap motivation from them because you help them, you try to give them opportunity and sometimes through the tax code to get them motivated. and so, you know, this is just a really unfortunate and somewhat revealing -- not somewhat, very revealing comment from romney that sticks with him for a couple of weeks now. >> well, look, there's no question that we're now -- this is what we're now going to be talking about, you know....
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. >> we're going to talk about "the new york times," david brooks his piece called character not owe dasty. i should point out that mitt romney missed talking about major things important to this country as well. >> that plays -- governor, we have said -- >> you could write the same thing. >> the president really said nothing last night but said nothing so much better than what mitt romney said. >> at least he saluted our troops. >> when mitt romney said nothing in tampa. >> i think the president had two choices last night. one was to lay out a detailed economic plan to try to get those independent voters and move them and say this is what the next four years are going to look like and i have a plan that can move us. i think that could have been effective. but i think this speech was targeted at the enthusiasm gap. 80% of republicans enthusiastic about voting, 62% of democrats. i sit with my delegation for the speech even when i was chairman i went down to the pennsylvania delegation to hear and see how people reacted. that speech made the rank and file democrats. >> oh, yeah. >> und
. >> we're going to talk about "the new york times," david brooks his piece called character not owe dasty. i should point out that mitt romney missed talking about major things important to this country as well. >> that plays -- governor, we have said -- >> you could write the same thing. >> the president really said nothing last night but said nothing so much better than what mitt romney said. >> at least he saluted our troops. >> when mitt romney...
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let's start with david brooks. he called the comment a country club fantasy. it's what millionaires say to each other and reenforces every negative view people have about romney. it remains important for the country that romney wins in november unless he chooses to step down and we can get the ryan/rubio ticket we deserve. on the flip side, you have the romney cheerleading squad. who is leading the way? rush limbaugh. he's so excited, he's come down with a case of gold fever. >> this is such a golden -- this could be the opportunity for romney and for that campaign to finally take the gloves off and take the fear off and just start explaining conservatism. this is a golden opportunity and we know romney has got it in him because of what he said to these people. >> eric ericson is also on board. he wrote, the romney campaign should double down on what he said. they should own it. meanwhile it's causing headaches for republican seats across the seat. scott brown said today, that's not the way i view the world. there's also a close senate race between linda mcmah
let's start with david brooks. he called the comment a country club fantasy. it's what millionaires say to each other and reenforces every negative view people have about romney. it remains important for the country that romney wins in november unless he chooses to step down and we can get the ryan/rubio ticket we deserve. on the flip side, you have the romney cheerleading squad. who is leading the way? rush limbaugh. he's so excited, he's come down with a case of gold fever. >> this is...
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no mention of their race, their party affiliation or what they did for a living. >> in fact, brook points out that there is a world war one memorial near his house that list servicemen by race. white men in active service and the other list include colored men in service. memorials that do mention race, party affiliation or what they did for a living at our twitter account or e-mail them @upwithchris. when the democratic delegates m to update the platform they have to decide to tweet the section that renounces the bush section of balance of power we will not ship away prisoners in the dead of night to be tortured in faroff countries or detain without trial or charge prisoners. without the reach of the law. under executive order biz the obama administration, the cia can carry out rendition of prisoners, and the president signed national authorization act which preserves the possibility of worldwide indefinite detention, and should know that a secret prison system in afghanistan is exempted from freedom of information act, although we got an inside look on the ground there. and the mother o
no mention of their race, their party affiliation or what they did for a living. >> in fact, brook points out that there is a world war one memorial near his house that list servicemen by race. white men in active service and the other list include colored men in service. memorials that do mention race, party affiliation or what they did for a living at our twitter account or e-mail them @upwithchris. when the democratic delegates m to update the platform they have to decide to tweet the...
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my friend arthur brooks at the american enterprise institute, he has pointedut that bore thar00 living standards in the west were appalling. a person born in the 18th century lived essentially his great, great grandfather had. life was overwhelmed with disease d danger and early death. stng 00 test began two centuries of free enterprise and trade, living standards rose and literacy spread and health improved in our own country between 1820 and 1898 realit gdp increased 22-fold. as the most prosperous nation in history, it's our duty to keep the engine ofrosperity running to open markets across the globe d read per tll thrnerof the earth and we should do it because it's the right moral course to help our brothers and sisters, but it's also economically the smart thing for us to do in our expo industriesaye w hendusiese a m th o third of manufacturing jobs in this country are tied to exports. sadly, we have lost over 500,000 manucturing jobs the last four years. as president i intend to reverse that trend by ensuring we have trade that works for america. i want tneatw e agreements and as
my friend arthur brooks at the american enterprise institute, he has pointedut that bore thar00 living standards in the west were appalling. a person born in the 18th century lived essentially his great, great grandfather had. life was overwhelmed with disease d danger and early death. stng 00 test began two centuries of free enterprise and trade, living standards rose and literacy spread and health improved in our own country between 1820 and 1898 realit gdp increased 22-fold. as the most...
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king era of fighting for voting and civil rights which was reflected on the other side of that and ed brooke would go to the senate. then the post-king era with jesse jackson and them. then where people and i emerge and we're still fighting trayvons and all but you get this black president. i've never seen someone handle race as well as you have not being involved in the movement. this film does that. >> i want to remind people. african-americans don't need to be reminded but the numbers are interesting. when people say why do we still have racial division in the country and some black resentment and white resentment. here's why. we had 250 years of unpaid slavery under chains. people were whipped. it wasn't like going with the wind or movies. it was horrible. families divided, kids shipped off, depending on their weight and muscle they had. you're watching this. you're watching your family being sold off. you're watching your wife sent down the river. some white guy owns her, can do whatever he wants to her. then jim crowe. just hell. you're a sharecropper you have nothing. no capital. ther
king era of fighting for voting and civil rights which was reflected on the other side of that and ed brooke would go to the senate. then the post-king era with jesse jackson and them. then where people and i emerge and we're still fighting trayvons and all but you get this black president. i've never seen someone handle race as well as you have not being involved in the movement. this film does that. >> i want to remind people. african-americans don't need to be reminded but the numbers...
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david brooks wrote, romney was, quote, extremely detail oriented in his business life. he once canceled a corporate retreat in which abba had been hired to play saying he found the band's music too angry. abba? the biographical video painted a picture of the ceo driven to make the right calls at the right cost with the right information. >> why would anybody want to save on envelopes and file folders? mitt is a cheap son of a gun and if he can save 50 cents on paper clips he'd drive a mile to do it. >> the question we're left with, which of these is the real mitt romney? the guy with tons of high-pressure business experience he handled very well? the governor of massachusetts who passed a bipartisan health reform bill he's now disowned as a national model? or the guy running this campaign who seems at this point to be anything but methodical and data driven? to help us answer that question we're going to turn to my friend and colleague at the "washington post" the e.j. dionne. you covered more presidential campaigns than me, fair to say. do you agree with the basic idea
david brooks wrote, romney was, quote, extremely detail oriented in his business life. he once canceled a corporate retreat in which abba had been hired to play saying he found the band's music too angry. abba? the biographical video painted a picture of the ceo driven to make the right calls at the right cost with the right information. >> why would anybody want to save on envelopes and file folders? mitt is a cheap son of a gun and if he can save 50 cents on paper clips he'd drive a...
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. >> the great sasha eisenberg tweeted this was the mitt romney that david brooks has wanted to see all along, yut lining policy, fluent on thetopics. talk about the president for a second, steve. there has bn aotf consternation and critique in certain corners about the fact that the president isn't meeting with any world leaders. on one point on "the view" talking about what happened in terms of the death of ambassador chris stevens and your assessment of whether this was a good ve loirst of all, on the way he phrases the things on 60 minutes when he talked about the bump in the road he gave his litical opponents ammunition. i don't think there's going to be a long-term efct. the issue raised this week about he shoul hmet with netanya netanyahu, other world leaders, there's some political vulnerability and republicans are probably correct to pick up on that. i think the most significant thing about the noise that's being made about all ts is that i think w have eight or the estif the economy, which was supposed to be the element of the romney campaign, voters are frustrated with obama,
. >> the great sasha eisenberg tweeted this was the mitt romney that david brooks has wanted to see all along, yut lining policy, fluent on thetopics. talk about the president for a second, steve. there has bn aotf consternation and critique in certain corners about the fact that the president isn't meeting with any world leaders. on one point on "the view" talking about what happened in terms of the death of ambassador chris stevens and your assessment of whether this was a...
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david brooks called romney's comments, country club fantasy. it's what self-satisfied millionaires to each sorry. bill kristol calls them arrogant and stupid. peggy noon writes, this is slipping out of their hands. all of this is terrible for romney. take a look back at daily poll averages from back in 2004. look at that. trajectory is fairly similar to what we're seeing now. close over the summer. kerry didn't get a convention bounce but
david brooks called romney's comments, country club fantasy. it's what self-satisfied millionaires to each sorry. bill kristol calls them arrogant and stupid. peggy noon writes, this is slipping out of their hands. all of this is terrible for romney. take a look back at daily poll averages from back in 2004. look at that. trajectory is fairly similar to what we're seeing now. close over the summer. kerry didn't get a convention bounce but
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a new study by the brookings institution's center on children and families shows that if you happen to be born in the top 20% of earners in this country, then you have an 82% chance of also doing well financially. and here is what the authors of that report conclude. the reality is that economic success in america is not purely meritocratiw. those born into rich or poor families have a high probability of remaining rich or poor as adults. now, there's nothing wrong with being born into wealth. many have done so. and they tend to acknowledge their good fortune, but in the case of mitt romney, he's tried to sell us a legend, a legend that turns out to be a lie.
a new study by the brookings institution's center on children and families shows that if you happen to be born in the top 20% of earners in this country, then you have an 82% chance of also doing well financially. and here is what the authors of that report conclude. the reality is that economic success in america is not purely meritocratiw. those born into rich or poor families have a high probability of remaining rich or poor as adults. now, there's nothing wrong with being born into wealth....
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. >> you were lucky enough to attend cran brook. >> you wear crummy shoes. people notice. >> we should measure compassion by how many people are able to get off welfare. i got everybody in my state insured. i don't think there's anything that shows more empathy and care. >> teach a man how to fish. >> my heart aches for the people i have seen. >> don't simply feed fish. >> every now and then i'm known to make a mistake. >> we throw our own penalty flag at mr. romney and mr. ryan. >> romney, ryan, romney, ryan. >> so that people don't get tired of her. >> when you go after my man -- >> stop it, this is hard. you want to try, it get in the ring. >> was i a little strong? >> never apologize for america. >> people will call my awful things every day. there are going to be bumps in the road. >> what's with the wily coyote nuclear bomb? >> 90 minute attack ad. >> president is obviously a very eloquent and gifted speaker. >> i would have, bam. >> i have neve been in a presidential debate like this. >> let's get right to our panel now. we're joined by democratic str
. >> you were lucky enough to attend cran brook. >> you wear crummy shoes. people notice. >> we should measure compassion by how many people are able to get off welfare. i got everybody in my state insured. i don't think there's anything that shows more empathy and care. >> teach a man how to fish. >> my heart aches for the people i have seen. >> don't simply feed fish. >> every now and then i'm known to make a mistake. >> we throw our own penalty...
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. >> it's about ask not what your country can do for you which is why somebody like david brooks, the "new york times" columnist, pointed to that citizenship line, too, as one of the hopeful heartening things. i found the single most surprising thing about last night was john kerry being funny. >> we actually have a clip of that. let's take a look. let's show america again. >> it isn't fair to say that mitt romney doesn't have a position on afghanistan. he has every position. talk about being for it before you were against it. mr. romney, here's a little advice. before you debate barack obama on foreign policy, you'd better finish the debate with yourself. >> to bust himself, when i saw him going in the oh, really, flip-flopper, dude, i don't think so. he just set himself up. really, john kerry being self-deprecatingly amusing was a revelation to me. >> i have to ask, john, what you made of jennifer granholm's yosemite style speech where some people likened it to oprah. you get a car, you get a car, you get a car. certainly very, very enthusiastic. >> she was fired up and ready to go.
. >> it's about ask not what your country can do for you which is why somebody like david brooks, the "new york times" columnist, pointed to that citizenship line, too, as one of the hopeful heartening things. i found the single most surprising thing about last night was john kerry being funny. >> we actually have a clip of that. let's take a look. let's show america again. >> it isn't fair to say that mitt romney doesn't have a position on afghanistan. he has every...
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i read peggy noonan and david brooks. 67% of them pay payroll. 37% are retirees and elderly. the other 10% are student, military, disabled and yes, those in poverty. on a percentage basis, my guess is a lot of that 47% pays higher than the 14% that governor romney announced. >> he said this is a choice election. it certainly is, okay. what you are seeing -- do you remember this textbook they used to assign in college called who built america? it was a history of labor. we are turning that understanding completely upside down. who built america, the people in lower manhattan, finance capital. we are moochers and looters. >> we got mitt romney's tax returns and learned he paid 14 -- roughly 14.-something percent. the lowest pays 17.1. this notion of mooching is distorted in terms of the facts. i want to thank you. >> can i jump in on that one. >> sorry. we are up against a break. thank you for coming. i'll have you back. economic adviser to mitt romney. thank you all for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >>> from act up to occupy, how change does come to washington, when w
i read peggy noonan and david brooks. 67% of them pay payroll. 37% are retirees and elderly. the other 10% are student, military, disabled and yes, those in poverty. on a percentage basis, my guess is a lot of that 47% pays higher than the 14% that governor romney announced. >> he said this is a choice election. it certainly is, okay. what you are seeing -- do you remember this textbook they used to assign in college called who built america? it was a history of labor. we are turning that...
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. >> it's brooks & dunn's only in america, and the same song that george w. bush had played at his. kind of only in america. so maybe -- i know. i was at that convention and i got to say when the fireworks went off in denver, you know, i found it very disconcerting all of the snipers walking around on the top. and the fireworks went off, i literally ducked. so i might have missed what song was being played. so anyway, there it was. thank you, dan. i appreciate you for being here, and hanging out. everybody else is back for more. up next, the fight to protect voting rights continues across the country. we actually got some good news this week, after the break. [ female announcer ] when skin meets goddess... romance happens. confidence happens. ♪ when skin meets goddess, anything can happen. introducing venus & olay, a match made in skin heaven. olay moisture bars release skin conditioners to help lock in moisture and boost your shave. while five blades get venus close. revealing smooth. renewing beauty. and goddess skin begins. only from venus & olay. ar ntlr gh rg [ nn ]errequ gh
. >> it's brooks & dunn's only in america, and the same song that george w. bush had played at his. kind of only in america. so maybe -- i know. i was at that convention and i got to say when the fireworks went off in denver, you know, i found it very disconcerting all of the snipers walking around on the top. and the fireworks went off, i literally ducked. so i might have missed what song was being played. so anyway, there it was. thank you, dan. i appreciate you for being here, and...